2018 Michigan gubernatorial election

The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

2018 Michigan gubernatorial election
November 6, 2018
Turnout4,239,807
 
Nominee Gretchen Whitmer Bill Schuette
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Garlin Gilchrist Lisa Posthumus Lyons
Popular vote 2,266,193 1,859,534
Percentage 53.3% 43.8%
County results
Whitmer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Schuette:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Rick Snyder
Republican

 Elected Governor

Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic

Elections in Michigan

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder was term-limited and was unable to seek a third term in office.[1] The filing deadline was April 24, 2018. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018.[2] 2018 was the first year the Libertarian Party held a gubernatorial primary alongside the two other major parties in the state of Michigan.[3] The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions.[4]

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer was elected with 53.3% of the vote.[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements
Jim Hines
Organizations
  • Right to Life of Michigan[19]
Patrick Colbeck
U.S. Senators
State officials
Media Personalities
Individuals
  • Bob Lutz, Former General Motors Vice-Chairman and ex-Chrysler President[25]
  • Jack Lousma, former NASA astronaut and retired USMC colonel[26]
  • Mark Gurley, co-director of the Michigan Oak Initiative and as the Grassroots vice-chair for the MIGOP[27]
  • Dawn Dodge, Speakers Bureau Director for the Republican Women's Federation of Michigan[28]
  • Wes Nakagiri, Michigan Tea Party Leader, One of the 17 Republican At-Large Delegates sent to the 2016 Republican National Convention
Organizations
  • Right to Life of Michigan[19]
  • Michigan Vaccine Freedom PAC[29]
Brian Calley
U.S. Governors
U.S. Representatives
State and local officials
Individuals
Organizations
  • Right to Life of Michigan[19]
  • Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce[37]
  • Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce[38]
  • Home Builders Association of Michigan[39]
  • Michigan Vaccine Freedom PAC[29]
Newspapers

Debates
Host
network		 Date Link(s) Participants
Bill
Schuette		 Patrick
Colbeck		 Brian
Calley		 Jim
Hines
WOOD-TV May 9, 2018 [42] Invited Invited Invited Invited
WDIV-TV June 28, 2018 Invited Invited Invited Invited

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Brian
Calley		 Patrick
Colbeck		 Jim
Hines		 Bill
Schuette		 Other Undecided
Mitchell Research July 30, 2018 413 ± 5.0% 18% 9% 10% 40% – 23%
EPIC-MRA July 21–22, 2018 1,045 ± 3.1% 24% 11% 8% 42% – 15%
Emerson College July 19–21, 2018 202 ± 7.3% 13% 7% 9% 35% – 36%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 337 ± 6.3% 26% 11% – 33% 1% 30%
JMC Analytics July 5–12, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 17% 10% 4% 25% – 45%
Target-Insyght June 24–26, 2018 400 ± 5.0% 16% 8% 4% 45% – 21%
NMB Research (R-Better Jobs PAC) June 18–21, 2018 – – 23% – – 45% – 29%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schuette) May 22–24, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 19% 6% 1% 42% – –
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schuette) April 29 – May 1, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 20% 6% 2% 42% – –
Glengariff Group April 19–21, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 23% 4% 1% 36% 0%[43] 34%
Denno Research April 2–3, 2018 500 ± 4.0% 13% 4% 1% 23% – 59%
Strategic National (R) March 19–20, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 18% 7% 3% 27% – 45%
Marketing Resource Group March 13–17, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 13% 2% 2% 29% – 54%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schuette) February 10–13, 2018 800 ± 3.4% 15% 5% 2% 42% – –
Strategic National (R) December 16–17, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 19% 5% 2% 30% – 44%
Target-Insyght November 1–6, 2017 400 ± 5.0% 14% <5% <5% 38% – –
Mitchell Research September 21–24, 2017 400 ± 5.0% 13% – – 52% – 36%
Marketing Resource Group September 13–18, 2017 216 ± 4.0% 13% 3% 3% 33% – 48%
Target-Insyght July 25–27, 2017 344 ± 5.4% 14% 4% 1% 42% – 39%
Marketing Resource Group May 8–11, 2017 216 ± 4.0% 11% – 7% 32% – 51%

Results
Results by county
Republican primary results[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Schuette 501,959 50.7
Republican Brian Calley 249,185 25.2
Republican Patrick Colbeck 129,646 13.1
Republican Jim Hines 108,735 11.0
Total votes 989,525 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Write-In
  • Bill C. Cobbs, businessman[48]

Declined

Endorsements
Abdul El-Sayed
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
  • Abdullah Hammoud, state representative[65]
Organizations
Celebrities
Political candidates
Other individuals

Debates
Host
network		 Date Participants
Abdul
El-Sayed		 Shri
Thanedar		 Gretchen
Whitmer
WOOD-TV June 20, 2018 Invited Invited Invited
WDIV-TV July 19, 2018 Invited Invited Invited

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Bill
Cobbs		 Abdul
El-Sayed		 Shri
Thanedar		 Gretchen
Whitmer		 Other Undecided
EPIC-MRA July 21–22, 2018 1,054 ± 3.1% – 19% 22% 49% – 10%
Change Research (D-El-Sayed) July 20–21, 2018 1,503 – – 27% 15% 33% – 24%
Emerson College July 19–21, 2018 282 ± 6.4% – 12% 17% 39% – 31%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 442 ± 5.5% – 22% 27% 31% <1% 20%
Target-Insyght June 24–26, 2018 400 ± 5.0% – 17% 19% 40% 2% 22%
Glengariff Group April 20–22, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 3% 7% 30% 26% – 35%
Denno Research April 6–7, 2018 500 ± 4.0% 2% 2% 15% 17% – 63%
Marketing Resource Group March 13–17, 2018 233 ± 6.4% 3% 10% 21% 18% – 48%
Target-Insyght March 6–8, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 4% 6% 20% 34% 3% 33%
EPIC-MRA (D-Thanedar) February 17–22, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 3% 8% 24% 34% – 31%
Target-Insyght November 1–6, 2017 400 ± 5.0% 4% 13% 2% 45% 8% 28%
Marketing Resource Group September 13–18, 2017 255 ± 4.0% 8% 4% 3% 27% – 58%

Results
Results by county
Democratic primary results [44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gretchen Whitmer 588,436 52.0
Democratic Abdul El-Sayed 342,179 30.2
Democratic Shri Thanedar 200,645 17.7
Total votes 1,131,447 100.0

Libertarian primary

The Libertarian Party is one of three parties that have a primary in Michigan.[84]

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in Primary

Endorsements
John Tatar
Organizations
  • Michigan Vaccine Freedom PAC[29]

Debates
Host
network		 Date Participants
Bill
Gelineau		 John
Tatar
WOOD-TV[86] July 15, 2018 Invited Invited
WJBK-TV[87] July 22, 2018 Invited Invited

Results
Libertarian primary results[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Bill Gelineau 4,034 57.8
Libertarian John Tatar 2,941 42.2
Total votes 6,975 100.0

Green Convention

The Green Party chose candidates for the 2018 ballot at its state convention on May 5, 2018, at the University of Michigan-Flint.[88]

Candidates

Declared & Nominated
  • Jennifer Kurland, president of the Redford Union School Board[88]

U.S. Taxpayers Party

Candidates

Declared & Nominated
  • Todd Schleiger

Natural Law Party

Candidates

Declared & Nominated

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[90] Lean D October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[91] Lean D November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[92] Likely D November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[93] Lean D November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[94] Likely D November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[95] Lean D November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[96] Lean D November 5, 2018
Fox News[97][lower-alpha 1] Likely D November 5, 2018
Politico[98] Lean D November 5, 2018
Governing[99] Lean D November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements
Bill Schuette (R)
U.S. Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Governors
U.S. Representatives
State Representatives[111]
State Senators[111]
Organizations
Local officials
Other individuals
Gretchen Whitmer (D)[127]
U.S. Executive Branch Officials
  • Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States[128]
  • Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States and Former U.S Senator, DE [129]
  • Hillary Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator (D-NY), former First Lady of the United States, 2016 Democratic Nominee for President[130]
  • Eric Holder, 82nd United States Attorney General[131]
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State officials
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals
Bill Gelineau (L)[152]
Notable Individuals
  • Mary Buzuma, 2014 Candidate for Governor
  • Kenneth Proctor, 2010 Candidate for Governor
  • Greg Creswell, 2006 Candidate for Governor
Todd Schleiger (USTP)[153]
Organizations
  • The Modern Whig Party
  • The Education Watchdogs
  • Protect OutStolen Treasures

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Bill
Schuette (R)		 Gretchen
Whitmer (D)		 Bill
Gelineau (L)		 Other Undecided
Mitchell Research November 5, 2018 827 ± 3.4% 41% 48% – 5% 6%
Mitchell Research November 4, 2018 701 ± 3.7% 40% 54% – 1% 1%
Change Research November 2–4, 2018 880 – 43% 51% 2% 3%[154] –
Research Co. November 1–3, 2018 450 ± 4.6% 43% 47% – 1% 9%
Glengariff Group October 25–27, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 38% 50% 2% 2%[155] 9%
Emerson College October 24–26, 2018 822 ± 3.6% 41% 52% – 3% 4%
Mitchell Research October 25, 2018 400 ± 5.0% 43% 48% – 4% 4%
Target-Insyght October 22–24, 2018 800 ± 3.0% 44% 48% 1% 4%[156] 4%
EPIC-MRA October 18–23, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 41% 46% 3% 3% 7%
Michigan State University October 13–22, 2018 169 – 39% 47% – – –
ALG Research (D-Whitmer) October 15–21, 2018 906 ± 3.3% 36% 47% 4% 6%[157] 11%
38% 48% – – 13%
Marketing Resource Group October 14–18, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 36% 50% 2% 4% 7%
ALG Research (D-Whitmer) October 8–14, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 36% 46% 3% 2%[158] 13%
Mitchell Research September 30 – October 7, 2018 654 ± 3.8% 38% 46% – 6% 10%
Glengariff Group September 30 – October 2, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 35% 47% – 5% 13%
ALG Research (D-Whitmer) September 24–30, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 37% 49% 2% 2%[158] 10%
EPIC-MRA September 21–25, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 37% 45% 2% 5% 11%
Ipsos September 14–24, 2018 1,150 ± 3.0% 39% 52% – 4% 6%
Target-Insyght September 10–14, 2018 800 ± 3.0% 41% 50% – – –
Mitchell Research September 12–13, 2018 1,009 ± 3.0% 38% 48% – 5% 9%
ALG Research (D-Whitmer) September 8–13, 2018 798 ± 3.5% 38% 45% 3% 3%[158] 11%
Strategic National (R) September 8–9, 2018 1,000 ± 3.1% 39% 49% – – 12%
Glengariff Group September 5–7, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 36% 50% 2% 4%[159] 10%
Gravis Marketing August 14–16, 2018 647 ± 3.9% 37% 52% – – 11%
Strategic National (R) August 13–14, 2018 700 ± 3.7% 36% 45% – 2% 17%
Emerson College July 19–21, 2018 600 ± 4.3% 36% 43% – 9% 12%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 886 ± 3.9% 38% 47% – 1% 14%
Target-Insyght June 24–26, 2018 800 ± 3.0% 37% 42% – – 20%
NMB Research (R-Better Jobs PAC) June 18–21, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 39% 40% – – 20%
EPIC-MRA April 30 – May 3, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 38% 43% – – 19%
Glengariff Group January 16–19, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 33% 40% – – 25%
Michigan State University September 14, 2017 – January 18, 2018 963 ± 3.2% 35% 41% – – 24%
EPIC-MRA December 9–13, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 38% 35% – – 27%
Target-Insyght November 1–6, 2017 1,000 ± 3.6% 40% 41% – – 19%
EPIC-MRA August 27 – September 1, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 37% 37% – – 26%

Fundraising
Campaign finance reports as of August 27, 2018
Candidate (party) Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Gretchen Whitmer (D) $7,134,218.66 $5,599,850.57 $1,534,368.09
Bill Schuette (R) $6,175,889.09 $4,741,577.63 $1,434,311.46
Bill Gelineau (L) $54,785.88 $51,267.71 $3,518.17
Source: Michigan Department of State[160]

Debates

Two televised debates between Schuette and Whitmer were scheduled. The first debate was held on Friday, October 12 hosted by Grand Rapids television station WOOD-TV.[161][162] That debate mainly concentrated on issues and there were no surprises or major errors from either candidate.[163] The second debate was hosted by Detroit television station WDIV and was held on Wednesday, October 24.[164] The two again clashed on various issues,[165] but Schuette made a gaffe when he mixed up Whitmer's name with that of former governor Jennifer Granholm.[166][167]

Campaign

While Whitmer's Democratic primary opponents publicly endorsed Whitmer in the general election,[168] Republican nominee Schuette left the party split after the acrimonious battle with lieutenant governor Calley with outgoing governor Rick Snyder refusing to endorse Schuette.[169][170] Schuette also tried to hide his endorsement by Donald Trump from the primary in the general election.[171] His actions as attorney general also came back to haunt him.[172][173] Whitmer held consistent leads in polls over Schuette over the entire year.

Results

The election was not close, with Whitmer winning by about ten points. Schuette performed best in smaller, less populated counties, while Whitmer ran up huge margins in the major cities, such as Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Lansing. Whitmer also performed well in the Detroit suburbs. She even succeeded in carrying Grand Rapids’ Kent County, the first time a Democratic candidate did so since James Blanchard's 1986 reelection. Democrats swept the statewide races by holding onto the Senate seat that was up for re-election, and picked up the governor's mansion, the secretary of state, and the attorney general positions. They also captured every state university trustee seat that was up for election as well as the State Board of Education.[174]

2018 Michigan gubernatorial election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Gretchen Whitmer 2,266,193 53.31% +6.45%
Republican Bill Schuette 1,859,534 43.75% -7.17%
Libertarian Bill Gelineau 56,606 1.33% +0.20%
Taxpayers Todd Schleiger 29,219 0.69% +0.08%
Green Jennifer Kurland 28,799 0.68% +0.21%
Natural Law Keith Butkovich 10,202 0.24% N/A
Write-in 32 0.00% 0.00%
Total votes 4,250,585 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Gov. Whitmer won 7 of 14 congressional districts.[175]

District Schuette Whitmer Representative
1st 53% 44%
Jack Bergman
2nd 52% 43% Bill Huizenga
3rd 48.6% 48.2% Justin Amash
4th 55% 42% John Moolenaar
5th 40% 57% Dan Kildee
6th 48.4% 48.2% Fred Upton
7th 51% 46% Tim Walberg
8th 46% 51% Mike Bishop
Elissa Slotkin
9th 38% 59% Sander Levin
10th 56% 41%
Paul Mitchell
11th 46% 52% Dave Trott
Haley Stevens
12th 30% 67% Debbie Dingell
13th 16% 81% Brenda Jones
14th 18% 80% Brenda Lawrence

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  154. Todd Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers), Jennifer Kurkland (G), and Keith Butkovich (Natural Law) with 1%
  155. Includes Jennifer Kurkland (G), Keith Butkovich (Natural Law), Todd Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers) with 1%
  156. Todd Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers) with 2%, Jennifer Kurland (G) with 1%, Keith Butkovich (Natural Law) with 1%
  157. Includes Jennifer Kurland (G) with 2%
  158. Jennifer Kurland (G)
  159. Includes Jennifer Kurland (G) with 0.8%, Keith Butkovich (NL) with 0.5%, and Todd Schleiger (UST) with 0.5%. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=822587
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